Vocabulary
You collect data by asking the same question over and over using a ___________.
Poll or Survey
What part of the graph do you look at to find the topic of the graph?
Title
What are the two directions that a bar can show data?
Vertical and Horizontal
Use your Bar Graph Shape Survey: How many people voted for hexagon?
14
Shirley read 10 pages every day for a week. How many pages did she read altogether? (Draw a table and then find the total.)
70 pages
What do you call the information you collect or display?
data
What do you call a picture that is used to stand for something else?
Symbol
If you are using a survey to make a bar graph, what do the bars show?
How many people chose that answer.
Use the Bar Graph Shape Survey: Which shape had 6 votes?
Triangle
Bob, Bill, and Barry went to the park. They each took 2 Frisbees with them. How many Frisbees did they have in all? (Draw a table and then find the total.)
6 frisbees
This type of graph uses bars to display the data.
Bar Graph
What labels would you need to add to a graph about class favorite lunch choices?
Lunch Choices, Number of Votes
A picture graph uses a picture of a shoe to represent 2 shoes. 5 shoes are on one line of this picture graph. How many shoes does that mean?
10 shoes
Use the Picture Graph Weather Survey: Which weather was the most common?
Cloudy
Each hen in Farmer Brown's barn lays 8 eggs each week. There are 4 hens in the barn. How many eggs do they lay in all?
32 eggs
This type of graph uses pictures or symbols to display the data.
Picture Graph
What do you call the box at the bottom of a picture graph that tells you what the symbols mean?
A key
How is a bar graph different from a picture graph?
A bar graph has colored boxes instead of pictures. A bar graph has a scale and a picture graph has a key.
Use the line plot graph: What is the most common number of books read?
7
There are 7 tables in the classroom. Each table has space for 3 students. How many students are in the classroom? (Draw a table and find the final answer.)
21 students
This type of graph is used to show how often a certain number appears in a set of data.
Line Plot
What do you call the number line on the side of a bar graph?
The Scale
What symbol could be used on a picture graph about different kinds of food?
Possible answers: Plate, fork, different foods, etc.
Use the line plot graph: How many students read 3 or fewer books?
6 students.
Each student at the table has 5 notebooks. There are 4 students at each table. How many notebooks are in each table basket? (Draw a table and find the final answer.)
20 notebooks